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VOL. 49 NO. 232
BRIDGEPORT, CONN., WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1913
PRICE TWO CENT3
EX-POLIGEMAN
HELD FOR WIFE
ABANDONMENT
Former" Member of New York
Force Jailed In Default
of $2,000 Bail.
fLUCKY
WIFE WAS
HER OWN SLEUTH
Accompanied By Tiny Son, a
Cripple, She Unearths Her
Recreant Husband's
Hiding Place.
Domestic wreckage left behind by
a merry widow of flirting habits, a
fight being made, not herself, but for
the life of her child and the culmina
tion of a. year's search were noted in
city court this morning in the arraign
ment of "William Porter, alias William
Powers, former New York policeman
charged with wife abandonment and
living: with another woman. Accom
panied by her two years old child, a
partial cripple, the woman clearly
t showing: the strain of the search, told
J her story before Judge Thomas C.
Coughlln. a story teeming with trou
ble. Porter made no defense, prob
able cause being found. He was
held for the next term of the Super
ior court under bonds of $2,000.
Defiant until yesterday and refus
, ing to admit that he had lived with
! another woman. Porter would only
say that he may have left his wife.
,To the other charge, he simply said,
"find the other woman."
She ,or rather, what were consider
ed satisfactory clues, were found yes
fterday afternoon by plucky Mrs. Por
', ter, following some detective work of
tjer own.
j It was by chance that the meeting
took place. fenmiess, sne, naa ap
pealed to the authorities and Porter
agreed to give her an order for $10
on his pay at the United. Illuminating
Company's office. 6he had just se
cured It and was near the door when
she saw a woman " passing on the
sidewalk. She was recognized as "the
other woman," the merry widow who
' used to live opposite the happy New
: York home and for whom Porter ' is
'alleged to have thrown up his posi
! tion and left hurriedly for parts un-
known. The "other woman" recog-
nized Mrs. Porter and hurriedly con
j tinued her course. She followed and
1 saw her go in the rooming house at
9 Courtlajnd street- The officers be
" lieve that she simply went through
the house and made her exit through
! a rear door aa no signs of her were
found In the house. The experience
was reported to police detectives and
Prosecuting Attorney Alexander L. De
Laser and the mising link was sup
plied. Mrs. Hattie Bonneville of the Court
land street address testified in court
that Porter, known to her as Powers,
and a woman not the Mrs. Porter
bringing the charges, came to her
bouse In July and wanted a room. She
admitted that she did not remember
hearing him call her his wife but
took - It for granted that they were
married.
: Mrs. Porter testified in low tones
i with a sob-catch In her voice and
j told about their happy home in New
York until the "widow" secured the
affections of her husband, who was
at that time a member of the police
force. She had money, according to
' report and gained from the life in
surance of her former husband. The
two kept up their meetings, as she
i leaned, and then disappeared about
'.a. year ago. Since then she has been
searching for them.
"It is not so much for myself but
for my child," she said "that I am
'here. He Is partially a cripple now
and. unless he has surgical attention
ajid nursing, I am informed, he will
.'le a cripple always."
Once before, this time in New York,
ehe Informed local officers Porter
was arrested but the case fell
through on aooount of the death of
(the officer making the arrest and in
vestigation before it came up for trial.
This morning a telephone call was
.received from New York, the speakers
aytn that he was Mrs. Porters
'"brother and asking that the charges
against the accused b dropped and
that he be given "another chance."
BWCGS & CALDWELL
NEW ARCHITECT FIRM
Architect Warren R, Briggs an
nounced today that Edward E. Cald
well of New York had purchased a
-liaif Interest in the business. In the
'future the firm will be known as
;Erlggs Caldwell. Mr. Caldwell Is a
j graduate of the University of Penn
'rylvanla. He afterward studied for
'.mix years In New Tork and has wide
experience in the metropolis, where
he baa since been located. The firm
will retain the present quarters In
the Security building. Architect
Briggs is one of the best known men
in his profession and has designed
some ot the show buildings of the
state.
I SNEAK THIEF LOOTS
ARCADE HOTEL TILL
Daylight burglarizing of the Arcade
j hotel s money drawer yesterday with
a reported loss of 122 is occupying the
attention of detectives today.
Manager Frank E. S. Munger re
ports that he left the desk for only
a short time, that being about 4:30
I c 'clock - when he went into a corner
j t get a drink from the water cool
; As he turned to return he noted
' BOxecne leaving the desk but thought
j it was simply a traveling man after
; his grip Only the man's back was
i K-en.
A. tew minutes later he noted the
; ruoney drawer partially open and a
( roll of bills missing. There was na
' t rue for the visitor to get at the sil-
Double Victory For Donovan
In His Battle For Hat Makers
His Indefatigable Labors In Behalf Of
The Hatting Industry Bring Unex
pected ResultsE. J. Hill In Role
Of Stuffed ProphetDauntlesss
Courage Of Fourth District
Man Wins Him Triumph
(By Our Staff Correspondent.)
Washington, Oct. 1 Congressman
Jeremiah Donovan wins a double vic
tory in connection with the passage
of the Underwood-Simmons tariff bill
in the House last night. It was an
nounced a few days ago in press re
ports that the representative from the
Fourth Connecticut District had lost
in his fight for an increase from 40 to
45 per cent, duty on fur felt hats, and
that the House had refused to concede
to the Senate rate of 45 per cent. '
Following this announcement which
was a - signal for the member from
Connecticut to get busy not a stone
was left unturned to change the rate.
Mr. Donovan secured conferences with
Leader Underwood, and Hon. Claude
Kitchin, the ranking member of the
Ways and Means Committee, and with
Senators Hughes and Simmons. He
presented them figures showing that
there was an error in the census fig
ures which had been used in com
puting and the result is that he not
only got the House conferees of the
joint committee of the House and Sen
ate to accept the Senate's terms but
he got them to lower the duty on
fur used in making of the hats from
20 to 15 per cent.
Mr. Donovan not only regained his
victory in the eleventh hour but gain
ed an extra concession that the mem
bers of the conference committee were
glad to give him when the figures
were laid before them.
In the face of the fact that the con
ference committee had many schedules
that were considered of more nation
wide importance than hats the feat ot
securing two changes, after it was
announced that the revenue on hats
would remain at 40 per cent, and fur
at 20 per cent, is even more than
the doughty member of Congress from
Fairfield county had dared to hope
for. -
The publicity that was given the an
nouncement that the tariff conferees
had fixed the rate at 40 per cent, was
well staged by' the press agents of
the Republican party who are trying
to make it possible to give Hon. E. J.
Hill .an excuse for running for the
Dnited States Senate., Immediately
after the announcement there appear
TWO ELOPMENTS
NECESSARY UNDER
NEW STATE LAW
(Special to The Farmer)
Fairfield, Oct. 1 William Elliot
Phelps, 37 and Edna Bates Sieg, di
vorced, both of New York city, came
to Fairfield yesterday afternoon se
cured the marriage license for which
they had made application last week
and were married by Justice of the
Peace, Leroy P. Beach at the Boyle
pharmacy.
Phelps who is a salesman for a
soda fountain concern to boost his
average with tke boss requested that
the ceremony be performed behind
the Boyle fountain, which is one of
his company's- output. ' The request
was granted.
The couple came to Fairfield last
week and asked to be married at
once. They were disappointed when
Town Clerk Joseph I. Flint inform
ed them that non-residents must give
a five day notice before a license
could be secured. Giving the notice
they returned yesterday when the
time limit i was ud. The e-rnnm de
clares that! because of the two trips,
it is only a semi-elopment.
PEEYTSH MAGISTRATE
HOLDS UP REQUISITION
OF FUGITIVE LOXGO
Disagreement oa New "Y-orit mag
istrate with an attorney m another
ease, his becoming peeved and refus
ing lo take up further business re
sulted in yesterday's trip by Detec
tive Sergeant George E. Fox to have
Gujsfeppe Longo held for extradition
ursuccessful. The case was put over
until today without hearing. Sergeant
Fox made another trip today.
Michael Laplro, victim of the stab
bing, is reported as being in a sat
isfactbry condition and his recovery
is looked for.
Philip Riocio, in charge of the rooming-
hcufc at 25 Sherman street where
the stabbing Is alleged to have taken
place was arraigned before Judge
Thoma. C. Coughlin in city court thio
morning on a charge of being an ac
cessory. He had his case continued
until Saturday under bonds of Jl.OOO.
Attorney A. S. Geduldig appeared in
his behalf.
SEEK STOLEN TEAM
The Bridgeport police department
has been requested to be on the look
out for John McNally's horse and bug
gy, reported as having been stolen
from in front of his house at Stam
ford last night. A man wearing a cap
and jumper is said to have been seen
Jumping into the buggy and driving
off. The horse is described as a bay
and the buggy as having high running
gear with shafts recently covered with
leather in places.
RUGGLES BACK AT POST
Doorman E. L. Ruggles of the Third
Precinct Police station, who has been
off duty for the past month owing
to a fractured ankle, Is able to be
about and was a caller at headquar
ters today. It Is expected that it
will be another month before he is
able to discard the crutches.
ed in the press despatches "As predict
ed by former Congressman E. J. Hill,
the tariff conferees will not grant the
Senate rate on fur felt hats." The
former congressman made this pre
diction when in Washington; and he
is said to have got his information
from a retinue of time servers that he
left behind him In Washington, and
who have been fearful right along that
Mr. Donovan would be successful in
his fight for various tariff measures.
These time servers tipped Represen
tative Langley of Kentucky off to
making his fanious attack on the Con
necticut Congressman and alluding to
the hat schedule in the speech in hopes
that Donovan's speech attacking "Ab
senteeism" might engender influence
against his receiving any consideration
in connection with the hat schedule.
"Immediately after, the Langley
speech Mr. Hill's private, press agents
sent out press despatches which were
headed, "Donovan's attack on Under
wood in Tariff Deal Duty on Hats
may have been fixed to punish Con
gressman from Connecticut." Be
cause Mr. Donovan at the opening of
the session had made a speech in fa
vor of hats and had verbally cross
ed swords with the Democratic lead
er on the floor of the House the Hill
boosters used the Langley speech as
a lever to recall the speech made in
the early part of the session and to
infer that a man of the large calibre
of the gentleman from Alabama, Mr.
Underwood, would go out of his way
to change a tariff rate to avenge what
had been fair criticism.
But the Hill senatorial boomers
shouted too e.rly in the game and
while they headed one . of their ar
ticles "Boomerang for '. Donovan," it
was really a boomerang , for Hill and
his prophecy. ' But when Mr. Hill
made the statement that the conferees
would not change the rate from 40
per cent, to 45 per cent, the represen
tatives of the United Hatters of North
America and the Hat Manufacturers
who were present in Washington a few
weeks ago- said , "Mr. Hill's statement
is father to his wish for last 'Feb
ruary Mr. f Hill told us that he believ
ed the Democrats would cut the duty
on hats to 20 per cent, or 25 per cent.'
ABOUT 1,500 WILL
BE PENALIZED FOR
BELATED TAX LISTS
Today was the last in which prop
erty owners might file sworn iists of
their taxable property with the asses
sors. Those property owners who
failed to file their lists before 4 o'clock
this afternoon, win be accessed an ad
ditional lo per cent. Up to noon to
day the assessors had received the
lists of 9,21 tax payers. :It was ex
pected that 'about 300 more would .file
their lists before the closing time. Last
year the assessors' books showed that
there were .1,087 tax payers in the
city." . j - , '.
The -assessors estimate that there
are 500 more tax payers this year than
there were last year. On a rough es
timate they think there will be. about
1,500 tax payers who will not file their
lists and against whom this 10 . per
cent, penalty will be levied.
PLAN FOR 10 MINUTE
CAR SERVICE TO CITY
LINE IN NORTH END
Mayor Clifford B. "Wilson went to
Hartford today to appear before the
Public Utilities Commission to ask
that residents of the North End be
given better trolley service. The
mayor appeared before the commis-.
sion at the request of Nicholas Tesiny
and Rev. Nestor Light, pastor of the
Bethany chapel, a committee of the
North End Improvement association.
The committee accompanied the may
or.
Before leaving his office today the
mayor said he intended to ask the
commission to require the Connecti
cut Co. to place a turnout in upper
Main street and run its cars to the
city line. At present -the Connecti
cut Co. cars run only to Terry's farms.
This plan will give a 19 minute
headway schedule to the city line such
as is enjoyed in almost every other
section of Bridgeport. If this cannot
be arranged the mayor said he would
suggest that the Danbury and Bridge
port Trolley Co. be required to op
eraie aoume me numDer or cars
which at present run over its line.
Liquor. Dealers Will
Consider Election Day
Law At Special Meeting
The Bridgeport Liquor Dealers' as
sociation will meet tomorrow after
noon in Hibernian hall to consider the
question of closing on the special
election day, next Monday. The as
sociation has received word that the
New Haven dealers intend to keep
open on that day. Most of the mem
bers of the Bridgeport association are
of the opinion that the , new statute
gives them the right to- keep open
that day.
MARRIAGE LICENSES.
A marriage license was issued today
to Frank D. Lyman, 36, a store man
ager of Montreal, Can., and Ethel S.
Wilson, at home. It will be the sec
ond marriage for the prospective
groom, who is a widower. A marriage
license was also issued to Thomas Mo-
lonsky. 52, a retired business man. and
Ann Moran, '4, at home.
WITNESS SAYS
STOCK ACCOUNT
WAS GOVERNOR'S
Broker Gray Testifies To What
Frederick L. Colwell
1 Told Him.
CONNECTING ACCOUNT
500 WITH SULZER
Stanehfield, Counsel For Man
agers In Impeachment,
Trial Makes Strong Ref
erence to Bribery.
Albany, Oct. 1 Direct connection be
tween "Account 500" and Governor
Sulzer was established today, when J.
B. Gray, of the stock exchange firm of
Fuller & Gray, who handled the ac
count,, testified before the impeach
ment court that Frederick L. Colwell
told him that the stock transactions in
the account were for the governor.
Colwell was Sulzer's alleged "dum
my."
The transactions consisted of the
purchase of 200 shares of Big Four
which Gray said Colwell had paid for
in cash. The first 100 shares he said,
were bought for Colwqll on October
23, 1912, and delivered to him in Brook
lyn on October 81. The second 100
was bought on November 4 and it was
not until the second purchase, accord
ing to Gray's testimony that Colwell
told him that the account was for the
governor.
Gray said Colwell had requested that
the , account - be given a number and
that the stock be delivered to him be
cause he did not wish it known he
was doing business with -Gray's firm.
Colwell, who had acted in the capac
ity of private secretary to Gray, for
merly was employed by the - firm of
Harris & Fuller. Colwell did not want
Harris & Fuller to know, the witness
sajd; that he was bringing any busi
ness to Fuller & Gray.
One bond which Colwell purchased
from the firm was for a woman, the
witness testified. Asked her name
Gray replied that he could not, re
member, -although Colwell had reveal
ed her identity when the bond was de
livered. .',
Gray was a contributor, through
Colwell," to the governor's campaign,
he admitted oh. the witness stand.
Gray was questioned regarding Col-
well's present whereabouts, but he in
stated he had not seen or heard from
Colwell since he disappeared several
weeks ago.
- Gray was not subpoenaed by the
impeachment managers until yester
day, owing to the inability of process
servers tolocate him. He said today
that he had been attending to busi
ness in his various offices every day
that the process servers have been
searching for him. '
At - the opening of the morning ses
sion, Melville B. Fuller, of the broker
age firm of Harris & Fuller, r was
granted permission to make a personal
statement to the court. '
Mr. Fuller first referred to headlines
In various evening papers referring to
his testimony, yesterday, which he
said misrepresented his firm.
"I have concealed nothing," the wit
ness said. "I testified frankfy and
freely before the Frawley committee,
although I understood "
At this point, Attorney Stanehfield
Interrupted, claiming that comment on
the Frawley commission "exceeded the
province of a personal statement."
Judge Cullen sustained the attorney
in his contention. The presiding judge
also cut short the statement by In
forming the witness that if he had
been misrepresented in any newspaper
he had recourse to the courts. Judge
Cullen told the witness to confine him
self to a personal statement and not
comment on the court proceedings.
"The books of my firm are absolute
ly correct," Mr. Fuller said. "No bal
ances were forced. No Items were
omitted or concealed in them to pro
tect Sulzer or anyone else."
Samuel M. Frank, a stenographer,
was called to verify certain testimony
given by Louis A. Sarecky, Governor
Sulzer's campaign secretary, ' before
the Frawley investigation committee.
Sarecky, at the time, refused to an
swer any questions concerning the
governor's campaign expenses unless
he could be represented by counsel.
Counsel was denied liim.
Mr. Stanehfield stated the position
of the assembly managers. He said
they were to show by the testimony
Sarecky gave before the Frawley
committee that when the governor
appointed him deportation agent "Sul
zer knew the manifest, the palpable
unfitness of Sarecky to occupy the po
sition."
, The testimony shows the intimacy
between Sulzer and Sarecky from the
latter's boyhood. It also shows the
difference in salary Sarecky received
as Sulzer's secretary and as state de
portation agent, from $1,500 to $2
500 in the former and $4,000 in the
latter.
"This testimony," Mr. Stanehfield
continued, "will present the strongest
possible circumstantial evidence of
bribery and when I say bribery I say
it advisedly. To be guilty of brib
er does not mean that a person has
to pass something to another so tan
gible that the recipient may take it
in his hand or put it in his pocket.
Other kinds of bribery are more in
sidious." At this point Judge Werner Inter
rupted to ask if Sarecky were to be
called as a witness.
Mr. Hinman informer him that Sar
ecky was under subpoena from the
managers' counsel. - . -
"But," interrupted Mr. Stanehfield,
"you need not understand from that
fact that the managers are going to
make him their witness."
"We never thought you would," in
terjected Judge Herrick, the gover
nor's chief counsel.
Presiding Judge Cullen then ruled
that Mr. Stanehfield in reading the
Sarecky testimony, must confine him
self to the parts in which Sarecky re
fused to answer the questions concern-
continued on Page 2.)
Father Convinced That His
Daughter Is Being Detained
Against Will In Low Resort
Announces His Intention Of Appealing
To State And Federal Authorities
Son Comes From Albany To Aid
In QuestGirl Seen In Local
Market Yesterday Missing
For Five Months
Grief stricken over the unaccount
able absence and silence of his 18
years old daughter, Margaret, during
the past five months and having re
ceived Information leading him to be
lieve that she has fallen into the
hands of unscrupulous men, David
Thompson of Lenox Heights, Fair
field, and employed as night watch
man at the plant of the Royal Equip
ment company is passing all of his
spare time in searching for her. The
search has been partially successful
as he has been informed that she
was In the Bridgeport Public Mar
ket yesterday buying eatables. A
clerk reading of the search and know
ing the girl recognized her and has
tened to inform the father.
The failure of the local authorities
to. locate the girl has resulted in his
determination to bring the matter' to
the attention of the State and Federal
authorities. This morning he said
that he intended bringing the matter
to the attention of State Policeman
Frank Virelli and make a request that
a number of alleged disorderly houses
be raided. He believes that his girl
has become the victim of "white slav
ers," saying that a man had informed
him that he knew a person who had
the girl in his power and who had
placed her In a disorderly resort. A
search Is being made for the man
reported as having given this infor
mation. .
The ' girl's brother, David Thomp
son, Jr., - of Albany, has come to
Bridgeport to join in the search and
made several trips through the old
MulvihiJI. find iead In Accord;
Friendly Relations fissured
, Pending Decision Of Court
New Commissioner Takes Office And
Outgoing Member Of Board And
He Agree To Sit In With Other
Commissioners And Leave
Salary Intact
An amicable agreement regarding
the office of county commissioner to
which former Mayor Denis Mulvihill
was' appointed by Governor Baldwin
was reached this morning ' by Mr
Mulvihill and Cmmissioner "Whitman
S. Mead of Greenwich, who claims to
be a holdover in the position. Mr.
MulvihiH's term of office began . to
day and in order to qualify he was
sworn In by Clerk Haviland of the
superior court with whonu he also
filed a bond of $10,000. . Then he
went to the commissioners' offices and
made a formal demand for the place.
All the proceedings were of a
friendly nature and the terms of the
agreement were given out later.
Neither - Mr. Mulvihill nor Judge
Mead will draw salary from October
1. They will not vote nor sign any
papers about the validity of which
there might be any question. Both
will visit the office and discuss bus
iness matters informally with the
other commisisoners. But the ac
tive work will be done by Commis
sioners Pease and Srophy. -
This condition wil prevail until the
case In Hartford county, which is
Identical with this, has been decided
FIENDISH BOY
KILLS SEVEN
WITH AN AXE
Murders His Employer, After
Quarrel, And Entire Family,
Except That He Spares Four
Year Old Child.
Nantes, France, Oct. 1 A crime of
incredible savagery was committed,
yesterday, by a boy 15 years old, who,
with an axe murdered seven Jersona
in the village of Basbriagen-Landreau
in the department of the Loire-Infer-iur.
. . -
The boy, Marcel Redureau, was em
ployed as a vine cutter. He and his
employer, Georges Mabit, were pressing
grapes together, last evening, when
a discussion arose between them. Re
dureau became angry, seized an enor
mous axo and with a single blow sev
ered Mabit's throat, killing him in
stantly;
The young murderer then entered
his employer's house holding his for
midable weapon, dripping with blood,
in his hand. He dashed up to Mme.
Mabit and slashed her throat till she
tenderloin district. His father reports
that one trip was made last week
and that conditions were found con
vincing him that the reported clean
up has not been thorough. In one
place, the son reported, eight women
were found in one place. The father,
an early caller at police headquarters
today, wanted Information as to the
search being made for his daughter
and also Wanted to know as to why
any difference should be made be
tween low resorts and those reported
as being of a so-called higher grade.
He says that he is going to push his
investigation- and call the attention of
State officials to conditions fpund.
The girl was born in Scotland and
came to Bridgeport when she was 10
years old. The father says that he
knows of no reason why she " should
have left relatives without a word and
refused to communicate with them.
He believes that she is being held
against her will and is determined to
bring those responsible to the front
and expose them. The" definite time
that she disappeared, he does not
know as he supposed that she was
still working as a chambermaid at
the Atlantic hotel until a call was
made as to why she had not been
home. Then, according to his story,
he was told that she had been gone
for some time and that it was re
ported that she had been married.
At once suspicious that all was not
right, he started the search for her.
At first he did hot desire publicity
and, for this reason, made little men
tion of it, thinking that he would be
able to locate her himself.
in the courts. The matter will be tak
en to the supreme court on reserva
tion and as it involves only a question
of law should be settled within a short
time. 1 Messrs. Mulvihill and Mead
have agreed to abide by the court'
decision in the Hartford case.
Whoever wins will draw salary from
October 1. In the negotiations Mr.
Mulvihill was represented- by former
City Attorney Thomas M. Cullinan
while Attorney James A . Marr ap
peared for Judge Mead.
The contest for the office is due to
the fact that the General Assembly
took no action o the Mulvihill ap
pointment after it was made by Gov
ernor Baldwin. The Senate confirmed
it but the House did not. The legal
question involved concerns the point
of whether a vacancy- existed, in the
eyes of the law, at the time Mr. Mul
vihill was appointed.
At the Algonquin club yesterday af
ternoon Judge Mead was the guest of
honor at a dinner. Impromptu speeches
were made and Judge Mead explained
his position. Among those present
were former Mayor Frank E. Clark,
"Warren R. Briggs, County Sealer Thos.
J. Cunningham, George T. McCarthy
and the commissioners.
(Continued on Page 7.)
was dead and then killed a servant In
the same way.
Still with his dripping axe in his
hand, the boy proceeded to another
room where he dispatched his em
ployer's mother in a similar way and
then followed this deed by killing
three of Mabit's children who were
sleeping In the same chamber. For
some unknown reason he spared a
fourth ehild, aged 4, lying by their
side.'' After the series or crimes Re
dureau went to bed and slept until
this morning, up to which time the
bodies had not been discovered by the
village police.
STRIKE ENDS AT
TEXTILE MILLS;
MEN GET DEMANDS
The strikers at the Salt's Textile
Manufacturing Company who yester
day morning walked out of the dye
house to a man have won their strike
according to authentic reports current
this morning. With a 5 per cent, in
crease in their wages and the removal
of the "straw" bosses against whom
they protested they will return to
work at 7 o'clock tomorrow morning.
This strike, which is. one of the most
successful and shortest in duration
recorded in this city, was conducted
entirely without the aid of organizers
and' delegates.
A deputation of the strikers is said
to have waited upon Secretary FK C.
Stead and "Vice-President Kip thia
morning and to have been received
courteously. Their grievancee seemed
just and the demands granted.
CLERGYMAN AS
STRIKE BREAKER
CAUSES ARREST
Three of Coe-Stapley Union
Men Locked Up Follow
ing Clash.
CASE CONTINUED
TO GET WITNESSES
Strike Breakers Coming From
Their Shore Cottage En
counter Strikers And
Hot Argument
Ensues.
Said to have been led by a min- -,
ister of the gospel a clash this morn- :
ing occurred between strikers and'
strike breakers at the Coe-Stapley 1
company's manufacturing plant at i "
Bostwick and Railroad avenue which '
resulted in the arrest of three strik- i
ers charged with breach of the peace. ;
Those under arrest are William Wil-,
Hams, John Haberle and Harry Web- ,
ster, all residing at Milford aid mem- '
bers of the -International Brass Pol- !
Ushers' and Buffers' Union. The com- !
plainants who caused their apprehen
sion are William Lord, of Milford and ;
Rev. Edward Phreance, pastor of the 1
Black Hall Methodist church and also
a resident of Milford.
In the city court this morning a
continuance of the case was granted
that both sides might gather wit- .
nesses. No evidence was submitted
and bonds for the release of the pris
oners were set at $25 which were
promptly furnished by members of the ',
union. At the Coe-Stapley . plant thi3 :
morning, members of the firm refused :
to make any statement for publica
tion. Acccrding to the version of the uf- !
fair given by the strikers themselves, j
the strike has now been In progrtss j
for th6 past five months. Demands '
for a more equitable scale of hoars
and pay were refused and twenty-five !
machinists, accompanied by a number
of employes In other departments
walked out. Though an attempt upon
the part of the company to replace
union labor with outside help with the
aid of strike-breaking agencies and
special detectives failed, and the ex
tensive commissary and barrack sys
tem was abandoned, the striker? have
maintained regular benefits and hy
piekettng have practifaly 0 rought
business to a standstill.
The strikers have been furnished
with a cottage "Quiesta No. 112" at
Myrtle beach. This cottage contain
ing ten large rooms, and equipped with
a chef hat been well patronized by
the striking machinists who make
daily trips to this city to maintain
their picket forces.
The strikers allege that as usual
they boarded a car coming through
Bridgeport and that upon the same
car were Lord and Dr. Phreance, who ;
while regularly ordained and preach- i
ing on Sundays In the Black Hall j
church has been employed as a ma
chinist by the Coe-Stapley Co. There ;
is alleged to have been no conversa- i
tion between the two factions until '
they reached Bostwick avenue where ;
some of the pickets attempted to dis- ,:
suade them from continuing. Lord ;
is credited with having become ex-
cited and to ha-ve offered fight. It '
does not appear that he was accom- ;
modated but Dr. Phreance walked
across the street and complained to
Sergt. O'Connell and Patrolman Kel-
ly, who have been specially detailed i
to the scene of trouble. The arrests i
had to be made upon the complaint ;
of the men.
The strikers were particularly bit
ter against the treatment they allege
are accorded them by the Coe-Stapley V
Co., whom they allege to be grossly ,
defiant in their attitude towards or- '
ganized labor. . William Williams, j
one of the men under arrest, and bus- ;
iness agent here of he Machinists I
Union, affiliated with the American i
Federation of Labor said: ,
"Upon the door of their factory (Coe
Stapley) you will see that they are ;
members of the Manufacturers' Asao-
elation of this city. We have always ;
found that organization fair in its ax-
titude towards union labor and I be- '
lieve if they were fully informed am
to the details of the present strike the
Coe people would not have their back
ing. The public are entitled to hear .
both sides of a question, but in this in
stance the Coe people have time and
time again refused to lay their niS ;
before the public. What is the an
swer? They are absolutely wronK."
A reporter for The Farmer gained a ;
few minutes' interview with Mr. Cos ;
at the Bryant Electric Company's fac
tory where he was waiting for a car. ;
Admission to the factory was refused, !
the office doors being locked to the i
public. Questioned as to the arrests.
Mr. Coe denied that he knew of them.
Asked as to his attitude towards
unionism he refused to make any
statement and finally asked if the
length and nature ot the strike did not
require some public statement from the '
manufacturer's side, he made it plain
that the company and its officers :
would refuse to answer questions of
any nature whatsoever.
DRIVES PRONG OF PITCH
FORK THROUGH HAND
Going into the cellar of his home at
285 Capitol avenue this afternoon with 1
a pitch fork in his hand, Thomas Wil-
lis, 18 years old, slipped and fell, one :
of the prongs going through the palm :
of his right hand. At the emergency,
hospital. Dr. William H. Curley gave ;
him surgical attention.
PERSONAL MEXTIOX.
Edward Phelan and family, Mr. and
Mrs. H. E. Combs, and Jerome Phe
lan returned Sunday after a delinhtfui
tour of two weeks through the south
in Eiward Phelan's new Locomobile.
They si ent a week in Washington. D.
C and returning, visited Oettysbure,
where they inspected the famous bat
tleground, and further north visited
I other points of interest-